Rainbow Fishnet Cover-Up Dress - Halter Mini, See-Through Crochet Net, One Size

Ten Inches Flat, Forty-Seven Worn

Laid flat it measures 26 cm (10.2 in) across the bust. Worn, it opens to 120 cm (47.2 in) at bust, waist or hip without the stripe pattern distorting. Those two numbers together explain how the garment behaves better than any description could: one size here is not a vague promise but a measured range of stretch.

What stretches is a halter mini in open rainbow crochet net, striped vertically from top to bottom, trimmed in hot pink at both the neckline and the hem, with an open scoop back that ties behind the neck. Technically it is a beach cover-up. Practically it is almost nothing, and that is where the appeal lives. The knit is a fine diamond mesh with genuine stretch in every direction, so it skims instead of clinging and travels with you rather than riding up. It is 71 cm (28 in) long at rest and reaches roughly 120 cm stretched, in 95% polyamide and 5% elastane. Worn over a bikini it reads as resort. Worn over nothing at all it reads as something quite different.

Hand wash cold with a mild detergent. Never put it in a machine, because open net catches on everything else in the drum. Dry it flat, with no dryer and no iron, since heat destroys elastane. Keep it away from rings, nails and rough jewellery. And rinse it after seawater or chlorine, both of which wear down stretch fibres over time.

• One stretch size reaching 120 cm (47.2 in) at bust, waist or hip
• 26 cm (10.2 in) across the bust unstretched
• 71 cm (28 in) long relaxed, to roughly 120 cm stretched
• Vertical rainbow net stripes with hot pink trim
• Halter neck tie with an open scoop back
• 95% polyamide and 5% elastane; hand wash, dry flat

Order it in the morning and wear it over a bikini by the afternoon, since Miami Beach delivery runs seven days a week.